Comments | draxius: New computer, mebe

draxius

New computer, mebe

Nov 24, 2004 15:23

I've been thinking about buying or building a new PC for a while. I did some poking around yesterday, and found some neat stuff. Any opinions on these choices should be added as a comment, and I'll take those into consideration ( Read more... )

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cinnibar November 24 2004, 22:32:28 UTC

- Does the case have front-side USB ports? Firewire?

- Consider a non-stock heatsink/fan if you're going to overclock.

- GB Network card?

- Video Capture card?

- Dual monitor support?

I went with the AMD64 CPU/chipset. Personal preference.

A quick check indicates that 200gb is the midrange drive size... go a step up to 250 or 300... you won't regret it.

I use pricewatch.com for my basic component shopping.

draxius November 25 2004, 00:32:25 UTC

-Case has 2 USB & 1 firewire front-side, plus 2 audio ( ... )

Oh Fine.... turkchief November 25 2004, 00:14:52 UTC

All I ask folks for is if anyone has a 802.11B wireless LAN card, and NO ONE gets back to me...(harrumph)....TC

Re: Oh Fine.... cinnibar November 25 2004, 01:31:53 UTC

That's because I don't have one.

Oh Fine.... turkchief November 25 2004, 02:18:30 UTC

That's all well and good, but with the hundreds of folks I know, you think at least ONE of them would have e-mailed me, and said so!!!!...(sheesh!!!).....(not HASH sheesh sadly)...TC

Re: Oh Fine.... cinnibar November 25 2004, 04:35:39 UTC

Actually, I don't think anyone would email you if they didn't have one.

I mean, the only way I'd see someone responding to that would be if they had some sort of constructive feedback, like, "I have a spare wireless card".

Otherwise, I wouldn't be in the slightest surprised that I didn't receive a response if I asked for some obscure spare item of that nature.

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GeForce FX5700 anonymous November 29 2004, 14:13:41 UTC

Watch out with the GeForceFX's below the 6000 model number. They're the MX members of the line, and will perform about the same as a slow GeForce3Ti at best, 256MB be damned. Check Nvidia's website for actual performance values. Your target, though, for a low-end "performance" model is around $150 for the card.

-CSDave

Re: GeForce FX5700 anonymous November 29 2004, 14:15:16 UTC

I just checked Nvidia's website myself and I stand corrected: The 5700 *is* one of the performance models.

-CSDave